Ten Hot Tech Skills Gaining Speed

Cybersecurity

It's no surprise that two of the top 10 skills on the list (also Information Security) address keeping data secure. As an increasing number of data breaches make headlines and consumer anxiety concerning personal information abounds, organizations' and retailers' need for bench strength when it comes to IT security needs little explanation. Expect demand for this skill to continue to grow as companies look for tech professionals who can both proactively and reactively attend to security gaps.

Tech employment continues to thrive and outpace job growth in other non-tech-related areas, consistently posting an unemployment rate that's less than half the national average (3 percent vs. 6.2 percent for Q2 2014). However, given the ever evolving nature of technology, it's not surprising to find that some tech-related skill sets have done better than others. So which technology skills have ridden the wave to the biggest increases over the past year?

Referencing data from the nearly 80,000 jobs posted on its website on any given day, Dice.com has identified the top 10 big movers year-over-year, skills-wise, based on mentions in job postings. To be considered, skill requests had to appear in at least 1,000 job postings on a given day to qualify. Given how much media attention has been focused on data breaches lately, it's not at all surprising to see cybersecurity as one of the leading contenders. It's also no surprise to see Big Data and other data-related skills leading the pack. After all, data is the life-blood of business.

Here are the 10 fastest-growing tech skills, year-over-year, as identified by Dice.com.